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All true, except the last part, at least in the tech sector (software). Now is one of the best times to get a software positions as there is a huge amount of demand. Unemployment among software developers is among the lowest in any industry.

Not sure if that is the case. I have worked with several staffing agencies/recruiters and they do not typically share contacts. They compete with each other to fill positions so it makes no sense for them to help their competitors Was the development job temporary? If you are just out of...

A year out of school is still within the window of being considered for junior programming positions. I would start applying with other staffing agencies and be open to relocation. I would do this sooner than later since a few years of doing content management only will "degrade" your degree...

What kind of work do you do for the client company?

And many universities do. The ones that don't probably assume that the person had covered classical mechanics in undergraduate at the "graduate level", whatever that means. The bottom line is that classical mechanics is a basic requirement for a physicist (and a lot of qualifying exams) so...

Hmm...not sure I would agree with this. If the content of grad mech. is taught in quantum or stat mech , then why do most universities require graduate mechanics? Some of the concepts may be repeated in those classes but they cannot be covered in the same depth as in a class devoted to them...

I would take grad level mechanics or math methods. They will give you a good base to build on for graduate level physics course work

Prove the Riemann Hypothesis. There's a million bucks waiting for you

Topology without analysis would be hard since analysis provides much of the motivation for introductory point set topology

If you want to do research, go to grad school. It is very hard to get into a research position with a BS. Like others have pointed out, it is harder to go back to school once you have been working for a few years. You get used to the money, you will typically have more family...

If you want to do research, go to grad school. It is very hard to get into a research position with a BS. Like others have pointed out, it is harder to go back to school once you have been working for a few years. You get used to the money, you will typically have more family...

Einstein's 1905 relativity paper should be within reach, mathematically at least. You'll need a decent amount of EM and mechanics knowledge though Edit: Just noticed you said particle physics

The key lesson here is that your friend converted an existing passion to a business. I can see that happening. Much harder to go the opposite way, i.e start a business on idea that you don't care too much about.

The only thing I would add to this is to also say that you need to have total commitment to and passion about your business. That is what will carry you through the tough times when it looks like everything will fail. If you don't have that, don't even bother starting. I didn't see that...

Apple didn't invent anything. Most of the innovations were done at Xerox Parc.